Leader in Me 2020 Recertification

In 2018 we were first certified as a Lighthouse School. Every two years, a school must be recertified. Here's what we were commended on in our recertification review in 2020.

Date: September 17, 2020

Dear Mrs. Lynette Hackett,

Congratulations! Your school has been successfully recertified as a Leader in Me School. Lighthouse recertification is valid for two years from September 17, 2020.

After review of the Lighthouse Self-Assessment Recertification materials, the Lighthouse Review
Team would like to commend your school for the following elements:

Teach Leadership Principles

• In Family Learning, your weekly Charger Happenings email is a great way to keep families informed of student leadership activities. Emails also include activities for students to do with their families to teach the 7 Habits at home. Your students have excelled during COVID-19 closures at applying the Habits at home in a variety of ways. Families were also encouraged to attend 7 Habits of Highly Successful Families and Leader in Me Parent Nights.
• In Student Learning, twice a month all students participate in We Lead Wednesdays where they engage in direct Leader in Me lessons, practice goal setting, and work on Leadership Notebooks. This time is also used to empower students to use their leadership skills to affect change in their school and community. Your teachers also regularly integrate the 7 Habits into daily lessons, collaborative classroom projects, and presentations. Students lead their own learning through cooperative learning experiences.
• In Professional Learning, your teachers conduct Leader in Me activities and discussions during weekly professional development sessions. Staff members have also focused on utilizing the 4DX process to set personal and professional goals. New staff members receive formal Leader in Me training and are assigned a mentor to aid in their transition.

Create a Leadership Culture

• In Leadership Environment, your school works hard to ensure all students feel welcomed, valued, and needed. Students have the chance to participate in various after school activities that celebrate their genius including Service Club, Art Club, Lego Leagues, and more. The physical environment of your school is enhanced with classroom mission statements, scoreboards, Habit displays, inspirational quotes, and more. 
• In Shared Leadership, all students have the opportunity to hold classroom and school wide leadership roles including preschool readers, tech leaders, library leaders, and many more. Your students do a wonderful job recognizing a need and creating jobs to fulfill it. Students are also encouraged to serve on Student Lighthouse Teams that help organize various school events and improvement measures. Your Student Service Lighthouse Team did a wonderful job helping to take the Fine Arts and Leadership Showcase virtual during building closures.
• In Leadership Events, all students participate in Monday Morning Prayer. Faculty, parents, and Student Lighthouse Teams synergize to plan the Catholic Schools Week Celebration. Your annual Fine Arts and Leadership Showcase is a great way for students to share their leadership skills and achievements with family and community members. Your students also worked hard this year organizing service-learning projects.

Align Academic Systems

• In Student-Led Achievement, all students set personal and academic goals using the 4DX process. Students meet with accountability partners to review their performance and adjust their lead measures as needed. Leadership Notebooks are used to record goals, lead measures, and monitor progress. Students share their Leadership Notebooks weekly with accountability partners, monthly in multi-age faith family groups, as well as during Student- Led Conferences. 

• In Shared Leadership, we encourage you to consider including all grade levels on the Student Lighthouse Teams.
• In Academic Goals, we encourage you to consider further development of systems surrounding goal setting and leadership notebooks as a tool to support your cadence of accountability.

Lighthouse Certification
The Lighthouse certification is a highly regarded standard. The attainment of the Lighthouse
Certification represents a significant benchmark and is evidence that a high standard has been met.
Lighthouse Schools are extraordinary examples for other schools to follow. As such, they should be
places anyone the world over could visit to learn about and be inspired by the strength of the
leadership model.

All maintain high standards and pursue continuous improvement:

• Continually improve the culture and help new and existing staff and students understand the 7 Habits through annual training in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
• Provide sustainability for all staff through ongoing professional learning in Leader in Me.
• Ensure you have an active Lighthouse Team.
• Maintain an active Annual License, which grants your school rights to use the intellectual property (IP) and access to Leader in Me Online.

Onsite Recertification
Your recertification has been established for the next two years. The next step will be a Lighthouse Onsite Recertification to be scheduled around September 17, 2022. In the months prior to that date, you will be contacted to schedule the onsite review.

Withdrawal of Lighthouse Certification
Occasionally a school may go through major changes in its structure that reflect a different school from the one that was granted the Leader in Me Lighthouse Milestone Certification. In these rare circumstances, withdrawal of certification may be necessary. Other conditions that may require withdrawal of certification include a breach in the protection of the intellectual property license or not upholding the responsibilities of a Lighthouse School as listed above. These circumstances are extremely rare and exist to protect the quality and fidelity of Leader in Me Lighthouse Schools, such
as yours. 

Sincerely,
David Ansbacher, Ed.D.
Director of Lighthouse and Quality Initiatives
Franklin Covey Education

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